NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, CHENNAI, JUNE 25
INS Jalashwa will sail from Bandar Abbas Port in Iran on Thursday with 700 Indian nationals, most of them fishermen, to India under Operation ‘Samudra Setu’ as part of the Vande Bharat mission to bring back Indian citizens stranded overseas, a Defence release said.
#IndianNavy #OpSamudraSetu INS Jalashwa deployed 2 bring back Indians from Bandar Abbas, Iran 2 Tuticorin.
The ship arrived off Bandar Abbas yesterday & embarkation of Indian Nationals to commence today morning. @indiannavy @SpokespersonMoD @PIBAhmedabad @PRO_Vizag pic.twitter.com/95ujPh6TwQ
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) June 25, 2020
The vessel reached Bandar Abbas Port on Wednesday and will depart with passengers to Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The embarkation of Indian Nationals will commence on Thursday morning.
#Gujarat CII-SIDM 3rd Defence Conclave . It would review choices of technology available globally for the manufacturing and production of indigenous defense systems. Keynote address by @shripadynaik today. @SpokespersonMoD @PIBAhmedabad @airnews_abad @DDNewsGujarati @FollowCII pic.twitter.com/CwTwQfUtmr
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) June 25, 2020
Meanwhile in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar on Thursday said about 700 fishermen stranded in Iran due to COVID-19 will be brought back to India soon by a ship.
In a statement issued here, Jayakumar said about 700 fishermen from various districts in Tamil Nadu had gone to Iran on contract basis for fishing.
He said the fishermen got stranded there as flights were cancelled owing to the spread of coronavirus and the Tamil Nadu government has taken steps to bring them back.
Jayakumar said a ship will bring back the fishermen to Tuticorin port.